Reading_ / 10
The School Play – Tamara EntwistleThis year, I was the director of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Mrs Grayson, our drama teacher, helped me. We chose the play in March. We wanted to do Shakespeare and Mrs Grayson said everyone would like Julius Caesar because it’s exciting.
We planned to do the play outside but it rained on the first performance on 1st June. So we had to do it in the sports hall.
The second performance on 2nd June was outdoors. The audience loved it and, afterwards, we gave some flowers to Mrs Grayson to say ‘thank you’.
We did auditions in April. Then we started rehearsals. In May, the rehearsals were almost finished, but there was a problem. Richard Morris was playing Brutus, but he was hopeless at acting so we needed a new actor! Luckily, Jim Marlow agreed to play the role and he was great!
1Read the text. Order the activities.
a They chose the play. 1
bThe first performance.__
c Mrs Grayson got a present. __
dAuditions began.__
eRehearsals ended.__
fThey chose a new actor for Brutus. __
2True or false?
1Jim Marlow directed the play.
False
2They chose Julius Caesar because it’s very funny.
____
3They had some bad weather.
____
4They performed the play in two different locations.
____
5The play was a success.
____
6Richard Morris left the play because he was sick.
____
Vocabulary_/ 20
1 Underline the correct option.
1In an opera, the music is played by the orchestra / playwright.
2In a classical musicconcert, the conductor / choreographerdirects the musicians and tells them how to play.
3If you want to see live / rehearsalmusic, you should go to a concert.
4Aballet/choreographerdesigns dances by telling the dancers how and where to move.
5In a theatre, the actors stand on an audience / a stage.
6Audition / Balletis a very elegant form of dance, which you can see in Swan Lake or the Nutcracker.
2Find five more musical instruments.
R / E / C / O / R / D / E / R / V / AT / B / H / Q / T / W / C / Z / P / C
Z / W / V / Y / F / Y / L / U / Y / C
N / H / I / K / L / M / A / J / N / O
K / Y / O / Z / U / N / R / K / Q / R
V / G / L / V / T / B / I / P / J / D
B / Q / I / M / E / Z / N / Z / K / I
T / L / N / N / Q / Z / E / V / U / O
Y / W / U / Y / M / K / T / W / J / N
S / A / X / O / P / H / O / N / E / Z
Grammar_/ 30
1Look at the table. Complete the sentences about Brendan, Katie and Harriet with the words in the box.
can’t doesn’t hates like loves prefers
Activity / Brendan / Katie / HarrietClean the house / / /
Do Maths homework / / /
Get up early in the morning / / /
Play football / / /
Play tennis / / /
1Brendan and Harriet don’t likecleaning the house.
2Brendan ______ playing football to tennis.
3Harriet ______getting up early in the morning.
4Katie______mind cleaning the house.
5Katie ______playing tennis.
6Brendan______stand doing his Maths homework.
2Circle the correct option.
1My brother’s really good at/ inplaying the guitar.
2You shouldn’t be afraidby / offailing the exam.
3Are you seriousabout / forstudying ballet when you leave school?
4I’m hopeless of / at cooking.
5We’re interested about / in seeing your new play.
6Tony’s not keenon / inbeing in the orchestra.
3Match the sentence halves.
1Danny is learninga
2My parents would like__
3He’s dreaming of__
4Nobody enjoys__
5What do you want__
6Are you keen on__
ato play the guitar.
bworking at the weekend.
cskiing?
dto be when you leave school?
etravelling to every country in the world.
f to meet our new teacher.
4Complete the conversation with one word in each gap (hasn’t, etc. = one word)
AI want to play in the school orchestra.
BOK. Well, you have (1)to joinbefore 15thSeptember.
ARight. (2) ____I have to pay?
BNo, you don’t. It’s free.
AThat’s good news.
BAnd you (3) ____have to have your own instrument. You can borrow one from the school.
AGreat! Do you (4)____topass any music exams to join?
BNo, you (5) ____have to take any exams...
AGreat!
BBut everyone (6) ____to do an audition.
AOh. An audition?
BYeah! And the whole orchestra is watching! It’s really difficult.
5Write the sentences in the past tense.
1I have to go to the dentist.
I had to go to the dentist.
2Do you have to practise a lot?
______
3You don’t have to study Computer Science.
______
4We haveto havetravel insurance.
______
5Everyone hasto take a calculator into the exam.
______
6Doyou have to buy a ticket?
______
Listening_/ 10
1Listen to the dialogues.Circle the correct option,a or b
1InDialogue A, they are talking about
aaTV programme ba film
2InDialogue B, they are talking about
atheatre bdance
3InDialogue C, they are talking about
aa book ba film
4InDialogue D, they are talking about
aa play ba concert
5InDialogue E, they are talking about
aan exhibition ba concert
6InDialogue F, they are talking about
adance ba film
2Listen again. Did the people like (√) or dislike (X) the event?
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1Dialogue A:
2Dialogue B: __
3Dialogue C: __
4Dialogue D: __
5Dialogue E: __
6Dialogue F: __
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Writing_/ 20
1Tick () the correct sentence,a or b.
1aI’d like to be in the school play but I get scared when I go on stage.
bI’d like to be in the school play and I get scared when I go on stage.__
2aI don’t know if I want to go to the cinema and stay at home tonight.__
bI don’t know if I want to go to the cinema or stay at home tonight.__
3aI want to learn how to play the flute so I’m going to take some lessons.__
bI want to learn how to play the flute but I’m going to take some lessons.__
4aI taught myself to take photos so there weren’t any photography courses in my home town. __
bI taught myself to take photos because there weren’t any photography courses in my home town.__
5aI don’t always get to school on time and sometimes the train’s late.__
bI don’t always get to school on time because sometimes the train’s late.__
6aHiking makes you very tired so you have to be very fit.__
bHiking makes you very tired or you have to be very fit.__
2Complete the text with the words in the box. There is one word that you do not need to use.
because or main myself so taking until
My (1) main hobby’s photography. I love (2) ____pictures and I always go out at the weekend with my camera. I taught (3) ____to take photos using a book and the Internet. I got some really good ideas there. I’ve used a digital camera up (4) ____now, but my granddad gave me his old camera for my birthday. It’s really cool and it takes really interesting photos. My ambition in the future is to be a fashion photographer (5) ____I really like clothes too. It’s really difficult to get a job in the fashion industry (6) ____I’m now planning on doing a photography course at university.
Total (including Speaking)__ / 100
Speaking_/10Student A
In pairs. Tell Student B about a film that you have seen recently and answer Student B’s questions.
Then ask Student B about a book. Find out:
- Was it good/bad?
- What did Student B expect the film to be like?
- Do other people have the same opinion as Student B?
- Has Student B read other books by the author? Are they the same/better/worse?
- What kind of books does Student B like in general?
amazing boring brilliant good great slow
The best thing about it was... I found it... I was disappointed by...
A I saw The Watchmen at the weekend.
BWas it good?
Speaking_/10
Student B
In pairs. Ask Student A about a film. Find out:
- Was it good/bad?
- What did Student A expect the film to be like?
- Do other people have the same opinion as Student A?
- Has Student Aseen other filmswith the same actors? Are they the same/better/worse?
- What kind of films does Student B like in general?
You can use these words:
amazing boring brilliant good great slow
The best thing about it was... I found it... I was disappointed by...
AI’ve just finished reading Brisingr by Christopher Paolini.
BWhat did you think?
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